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182 Further transitional provisions.
(1) Until 1st April 1996—
(a) section 70 of the 1973 Act (acuisition of land by agreement) shall have effect as if, in subsection (1), after paragraph (b) there were inserted “:, or
(c) there being provided by some person other than themselves a systsem, to which the public shall have acess, of drains, sewers or sewage treatment works,”,;
(b) section 71 of the 1973 Act (acquisition of land compulsorily) shall have effect as if, in subsection (1), after “enactment” there were inserted “or of there being provided by some person other than themselves a system, to which the public shall have access, of drains, sewers or sewage treatment works”; and
(c) section 15 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (power to acquire land) shall have effect as if, at the end of each of subsections (1) and (3), there were added “or for the purpose of there being provided by some person other than themselves a supply of water to the public”.
(2) If the Secretary of State provides, by order under section 184(2) of this Act, that any provision of Part II of (or of Schedule 13 to) this Act which—
(a) amends section 1, 16, 21(1), 22, 23, or 48 of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 or section 32 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974; or
(b) adds to the said Act of 1968 a new section 3A or 16A or to section 20 of that Act a new subsection (5),
shall come into force before 1st April 1996, he may provide in the order that the section amended, or as the case may be the section or subsection added, shall until that date apply as if modified in such manner as he shall specify in the order; the modifications being such as appear to him to be requisite having regard of the fact that some other provision of that Part (or that Schedule) is not for the time being in effect.
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182 Further transitional provisions.
(1) Until 1st April 1996—
(a) section 70 of the 1973 Act (acuisition of land by agreement) shall have effect as if, in subsection (1), after paragraph (b) there were inserted “:, or
(c) there being provided by some person other than themselves a systsem, to which the public shall have acess, of drains, sewers or sewage treatment works,”,;
(b) section 71 of the 1973 Act (acquisition of land compulsorily) shall have effect as if, in subsection (1), after “enactment” there were inserted “or of there being provided by some person other than themselves a system, to which the public shall have access, of drains, sewers or sewage treatment works”; and
(c) section 15 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (power to acquire land) shall have effect as if, at the end of each of subsections (1) and (3), there were added “or for the purpose of there being provided by some person other than themselves a supply of water to the public”.
(2) If the Secretary of State provides, by order under section 184(2) of this Act, that any provision of Part II of (or of Schedule 13 to) this Act which—
(a) amends section 1, 16, 21(1), 22, 23, or 48 of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 or section 32 of the Control of Pollution Act 1974; or
(b) adds to the said Act of 1968 a new section 3A or 16A or to section 20 of that Act a new subsection (5),
shall come into force before 1st April 1996, he may provide in the order that the section amended, or as the case may be the section or subsection added, shall until that date apply as if modified in such manner as he shall specify in the order; the modifications being such as appear to him to be requisite having regard of the fact that some other provision of that Part (or that Schedule) is not for the time being in effect.
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